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FAMILY TACHINIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Parasites on other insects
Synonyms:
family Tachinidae; Tachinidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Tachinidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Tachinidae"):
tachina fly (bristly fly whose larvae live parasitically in caterpillars and other insects; important in control of noxious insects)
Holonyms ("family Tachinidae" is a member of...):
Diptera; order Diptera (a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies)
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